A Family Ceremony and a Garden

I was down in Richmond yesterday for a family event, the dedication of a bench at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in memory of my father and stepmother. My father had three children and remarried to a woman with six, so it's quite a clan. The photos above show the assembled attendees and then me with my two siblings.

The Garden is a great place, with many lovely spaces and views 

and great greenhouses full of tropical delights.

View across the lake toward the Treehouse and the Children's Garden.

flowers.

And one of the many lovely Mexican-style animals installed around the grounds for an event that also included music that got me dancing down the paths.